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OCTOBER 24, 2008

Santa Monica-based Intent.com said Thursday that it has launched a new web site focused on wellness and social networking. The site--which was co-founded by Deepak Chopra's daughter, Mallika Chopra--said it is looking to create a community of like-minded members, blogs from wellness experts, and other curated online content.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

The new offering takes Demand's sometime controversial process of tailoring web content based on search and other interest of web users, and creating low-cost articles specifically to address that content. According to Demand, it is providing the service to both Hearst and USA Today.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I arrived on this scene wet behind the ears assuming that the web was, as it seemed to me as a user, powered by the masses for the masses. I had previously believed that the world of user-generated news sites were run on a open, crowd-sourced model. I know the more experienced consumer web people will be laughing about now.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2009

Visitors to our web site are most likely familiar with our Insights and Opinions section, where we share advice, opinions, insights, and more from our readers. The latest contributions: Docstoc's Jason Nazar gives a primer on The 7 Ways to Get Traffic On The Web. Mixergy's Andrew Warner --who organizes the Lunch 2.0

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InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on Inc. As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

From there, you will generally see a pop-up dialog similar to the following (this one is from CitySearch): Once you click Connect, the original site now knows that I’m Tony Karrer from Facebook and the various demographic and friend information from Facebook. Wouldn’t it be nice if users could register on our site using these same mechanisms?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

As of today, I will have published an article here for entrepreneurs and startups every day for the last 1001 days, since I started Startup Professionals Musings near the close of 2008. It’s been a great ride, but it’s now time to dial it back a bit, and focus on some other priorities. A different message everywhere is no message.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The firm claims that it is now one of the largest producers of content on the Web, distributing that to an audience of more than 80 million people. According to Demand Media, it now has more than 6,000 freelancers creating content for the company's network of sites via its Demand Studios arm. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2011

According to the two, they are in a three-year partnership, which will provide outdoor enthusiasts with information on recreation locations on REI's website, as well as connect shoppers with gear on Demand's Trails.com web site. Financial details of the collaboration were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2012

There's an awful lot of check-in sites out there. Why would someone want to use your site? For local businesses, we're also giving them free mobile web sites, and working on other relationships. Since we started our free site last week, we've organically grown faster than we ever thought we would.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

In the latest makeover of one of the original, Web-based automotive sites, Los Angeles-based CarsDirect has updated its website. The site includes better navigation features, more research and in-depth specifications and reviews, articles, breaking automotive news, and more. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

This is the current dream of Tim Berners-Lee , the man who invented the (first) World Wide Web. He calls his dream ‘Web 3.0’ or the ‘Semantic Web,’ meaning it understands user context. He and many other experts believe that the Web 3.0 As you search the Web, the browser records your interests in your local storage.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Effectively, what Corey and I are trying to do, is distill the course of opinions on the web, and turn that into a consumable format. If you look at the articles on a site like CNN, and the 650 opinions you see after every article, your eyes just start to go crossed. So you've rolled this out to a few sites already?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2012

end-of-the-year coverage, we've run through our web statistics and figured out which were the. an article was accessed on our publication. Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. SpaceX Plans Launch Site In Texas - In April, SpaceX announced plans to set up a launch.

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JULY 13, 2011

According to Edmunds.com, it is asking people who see classified ads referring to an Edmunds escrow service to report it to the web site hosting the ad; it also encouraged users to check with the Better Business Bureau or online to verify any escrow services are legitimate. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2010

A report today says that the latest updates to Demand Media's S-1 are a result of government scrutiny over how the firm is accounting for content developed for its sites. Currently, Demand amortizes those expenses over five years, and apparently other publishing firms typically amortize those expenses over much less time. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

I had to put in a bit of web research to uncover an intricate web of ownership that leads to the Avis Budget ownership and worse still up to a well-known private equity group called Apollo. See this article talking about previous class action lawsuits. It dupes uneducated or elderly people into spending thousands of dollars.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. free weekly Infochachkie articles! I’ve checked out FindTheBest and I think it is a pretty incredible site, given how early stage they are.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2011

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a SCREAMING post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

We spoke with CEO Kai Stubble to hear about how SupperKing is looking to create a service--inspired by collaborative consumption sites like Airbnb--which will let people host meals in their homes for strangers, to get to meet new people, show off your cooking skills, and hopefully make new friends. First, what is SupperKing all about?

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

We spoke with CEO Kai Stubbe to hear about how SupperKing is looking to create a service--inspired by collaborative consumption sites like Airbnb--which will let people host meals in their homes for strangers, to get to meet new people, show off your cooking skills, and hopefully make new friends. First, what is SupperKing all about?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2021

Every startup fears that one angry and unfair customer who can jeopardize the business by a negative post on Ripoff Report , Yelp , or one of the hundreds of other consumer complaint and review sites on the Internet. Web reputation management, both business and personal, has become a top priority requirement.

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This article will primarily focus on locating and evaluating development companies, rather than design firms. Assess the Company's Website: The company's own site provides a clue to its dedication to aesthetics and content. However, an overly attractive site could indicate a leaning towards design over development. Avoid them.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

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AUGUST 25, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. This innovation has eliminated billions of dollars of annual costs previously associated with creating and maintaining web-based businesses. Note: This article was inspired by a sidebar which appeared in: FastCompany, Inside the mind of Jeff Bezos, August 04 HERE.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

A version of this article previously appeared on Inc. As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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AUGUST 6, 2012

We now have over 100 million users visiting our owned and operated sites, and we're also doing this for other people like USA Today. So, we're now adding the majority of articles for them, helping make them discoverable in search, and getting a handle on how that content performs. It all goes back to creating content for real life.

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MAY 7, 2010

For people who haven't visited SciVee, what's the site about? The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. They got an NSF grant, and basically started up the original web site, as a video web site.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature insights and analysis from the local technology community, we have an article from Jeff Cohn , an entrepreneur and veteran of the angel and VC investment community here in Southern California.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2011

It's been a very busy for coupon and deal sites over the past few months, with a giant, $950M round of funding for Groupon, and the acquisition of at least three locally headquartered coupon and deal sites--LogicBuy.com, NextCoupons.com, and DealPerk--in the last month. What's the story behind Savings.com?

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AUGUST 18, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Well the people who really care about us are Internet retailers (because) we help them figure out what incentive they should offer each of the shoppers on their site. Both companies (were) high-volume, scalable web infrastructures…that (has been) applied to the technology we are building.”.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

For today's Insights and Opinions article, we have a piece from Tracy Olmstead Williams, of Olmstead Williams Communications, talking about the bold new world of social media: Social Media, like Global Warming, has now left doubters behind. Read the rest of Tracy's article, Social media: You at the Helm of Your Own New Starship.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

In August 2004, FastCompany published an article titled, Inside The Mind Of Jeff Bezos , written by Alan Deutschman. Although the article is informative, it is the accompanying sidebar that has remained with me over the succeeding years. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

"I'm looking for a partner / cofounder who can not only head the technical aspects and build a working model of the site, but someone with the connections to put a great development team together when we need it. Sites - There are a bunch of sites out there aimed at this or similar issues.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! “We Now, there are hundreds of millions of web sites and hundreds of billions of web pages. We are not a social site per say but there are many social elements we have or will work into the site.”. 10) Kevin, why does the world need FindTheBest (FTB)? . Beer or wine?

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